Chemistry

Green Technology- A New Era of Nano-Catalyst

Bir Nitish
Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology
Jalandhar-144001, Punjab, India
nitishbir99@gmail.com
The recent advances in technology have revolutionized the whole world. This
advanced technology would serve its purpose properly only if it can cope up with
issues including rising problems of pollution, global warming, discarding toxic waste
products and decreasing reserves of fossil fuels and hence development of new
technologies so that it would not hamper our surroundings. This led to the
development of new era which is popularly known as Green Technology. Catalysis is
one of the most important principles out of twelve principles of Green Technology. In
recent years, nano-catalysis has become an emerging field of science due to its high
activity, selectivity and productivity. The nanoscale size, shape and an exceptionally
large surface area to volume ratio imparts unique properties to nano-catalysts
because of the structural and electronic changes which differentiates them from the
bulk materials. This paper mainly focused on fundamentals of green technology,
understanding various aspects of nano-catalysis and its various properties and
applications.
Keywords: Green Technology, Catalysis, Nano Catalyst